Hometown Iga #2

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unusually quiet Sunday morning in Hometown when a delivery driver pulled up to the loading dock of IGA Supermarket #2. The sun had barely crept over the horizon, casting long shadows across the empty parking lot. As he unloaded boxes, he heard a familiar voice from behind him. ‘Hey, you almost dropped that!’ It was just his neighbor, stopping by for some last-minute groceries before heading to work. With a smile, the delivery driver said, “Guess I’m not as sleepy as I thought!” And with that, they both went inside, chatting amiably about the week ahead.

2. Why did that same bag of chips keep showing up on different customers’ shelves? A regular asked one day. ‘Oh, that’s easy,’ said a friendly delivery driver with a twinkle in his eye. ‘It’s our secret way of telling you how much we appreciate your loyalty.’ The regular laughed and shook his head, never realizing he was part of Hometown Iga #2’s little appreciation program.

3. Why had the same box of cookies been appearing in different aisles over the past week? Nobody could explain it. Finally, a delivery driver confessed that he was secretly stocking his own pantry from Hometown Iga #2’s hidden backdoor. The cookies were just an innocent side effect of his midnight snack runs.

4. At closing time one night, a cashier whispered to her colleague, ‘Did you notice how the same can of beans always ends up exactly between the two checkout lanes?’ Her colleague shrugged and leaned in conspiratorially, ‘Probably just the ghost of Mr. Yamada, our old supplier.’ They both giggled as they locked up, but the next morning, when the new stock arrived, there it was again—a lone can of beans sitting right between the lanes, as if someone had left it there on purpose.